Defining and Estimating Healthy Aging in Spain: A Cross-sectional Study
Author(s) -
Ángel RodríguezLaso,
Sara J. McLaughlin,
Elena Urdaneta,
Javier Yanguas
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
the gerontologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.524
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1758-5341
pISSN - 0016-9013
DOI - 10.1093/geront/gnw266
Subject(s) - healthy aging , gerontology , successful aging , population ageing , cross sectional study , medicine , logistic regression , demography , limiting , disease , quality of life (healthcare) , population , psychology , environmental health , pathology , mechanical engineering , nursing , sociology , engineering
Using an operational continuum of healthy aging developed by U.S. researchers, we sought to estimate the prevalence of healthy aging among older Spaniards, inform the development of a definition of healthy aging in Spain, and foster cross-national research on healthy aging.
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